Self-leveling table.



No. 822,680. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

F..F. MEYER.

SELF LBVELING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.'30. 1905.

Y No. 822.680.

UNITED STATES PATENT orriou.

FREDERICK F.' MEYER, or r rrssuse, PENNSYLVANIA.

.SELFV-LEVELENG TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed December 30, 1906. Serial No. 298,997.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDEnIcK F. MEYER,

- a citizen of the United States of America, re-

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useful improvements in tables; and the in-.

vention has for its primary obiect the provision of novel means for norma 1y maintaming the tablelevel, whereby should its foundation or support become inclined or tilted the articles supported by sa'id'table will not be upset-or precipitated.

Another ob 'ect of this invention is to (provide a table w 'ch is particularly adapts i for steamships or the like vessels, rallway-cars, or

Ithelikevehicles, and in this connection I have constructed my improved table whereby it will retain its equilibrium irrespective of its foundation or objects surrounding the same. Afurther object of this inventionis to provide a table which will be extee'm'el simple 7 in construction, -strong an'd'durab e, comppratively inexpensive to manufacture, and

ghly efiicient for the purposes for which it is used. I

With the above and other objects in view,

which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same cons1sts 1n the novel construction, cornbinatlon, and arrangement of, parts to be I hereinaftermor'efully described, andreferring t9 the drawings accom anying this applicatron llke numerals of re erence designate corresponding parts throughout the. several views, in which I Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved table. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of' the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the table. Fig. 4 IS a cross-sectional view taken on the line a :p of Fig. 1.

To put my invention mto practice, I con- 'struct my improved table of a table-top 1, a

table-top support 2, and depending legs or support comprlses two semicylindrical pieces 4 4, having outwardly-extending lugs 5 5, the ln s of one piece being secured to the In s of t e other piece by transverse screw-b0 ts 6 .6. Each semicylmdrical piece 4 is formed with a concavity 7, corresponding in contour to the periphery of a sp erical body. The lugs 5 5 have their under faces provided with angularly-disposed recesses 8 8, and in said recesses'are mounted the upper ends of the legs or supports 3, said upper ends being pierced,

as at 9 9, to permit of the screw-bolts 6 passing through said legs. The legs or supports 3 are flanged, as at 10, to further support the pieces 4 4, and said legs are flared outwardly and provided with feet 11 to insure the stability of the table. Between the pieces 4 4 is mounted a spherical body or ball 12, which is retained between the pieces by fitting snugly within the confrontin concavities 7 7 of the pieces 4 4. In the sp erical body or ball 12 1s mounted a standard 14, said standard pr0-- truding through the spherical body and corresponding to the axis of said body. The upper end of the standard 14 en a es in asocket 15, carried by the underneat ace of the table-top.1, a set-screw lfibeing mounted 1n the socket'to retain the table-top 1 in'engagement with theu per end of the standard 14. The lower end 0 the standard is threaded, as

at 17, and upon this threaded end is mounted a weight 18, adapted to normally retain the standard in a vertical position irrespective of the table-top support 2 and its foundation.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have illustrated in dotted lines the table-top support and its foundation as inclined or tilted, and when assuming this position the Wei ht 18 normally retains the standard 14 and t e table-top 1 in their original position, this being accomlished through the medium of the spherlcal hall 12 movin in the concavities 7 'Z of the pieces 4 4. 11 other Words, the table-top support 2 moving around the'spherical body as its supporting foundation s inclined or tilted, such as would occur aboard a vessel in aroughsea. I preferably construct my improved table of strong and durable meta wit tion of the table-to 1, which is preferab y constructed of woo in order to give the table afinished appearance. I

By the construction of the table it will be observed that the difi'crent'parts thereof can be easily and quickly disassembled and placed in a compact form, whereby it will occupy com aratively small space when not being use p or in storage. Such changes in the construction of my improved table as are ermissible by the appended claims may e resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

the exce What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A table of the character described embodying two semicylindrical pieces having concavities formed therein, lugs carried by endof said standard, and means to simultaneously hold said legs and said pieces together,

substantially as described. I

2. A table of; the character described embodying two semicylindrical pieces, legs mounted in said pieces, a spherical body mounted between said pieces, a standard carried by said body, a table-top detachably connected to the u per end of said standard, a Weight carried iiy the lower end of said standard, means to secure said pieces to gether, and means to secure said legs to said pieces, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.-

. FREDERICK F. MEYER.

Witnesses:

E. E. POTTER,

C. KLOSTERMANN. 

